11th May 2025, 10:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 11th May 2025, 10:41 PM by Sunlight123. Edited 3 times in total.)
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The Spaceship
Bea's face twists with confusion, she turns to Dai, opening her mouth to speak but decides against it. She grips her chin with her free hand. 'Did someone burn to death here?' she thinks, she usually wouldn't jump to that conclusion, but with everything in front of her... And the tense feeling in the air.. She figures this must be the answer.
Bea leans over looking at the PDA in Dai's hand. She feels herself reach to take it from her hand, but quickly corrects herself and puts her arm back to her side. From where she is, she does her best to inspect the PDA. She has never seen one so far. It was a small rectangular device, with a large screen and a slide-out keyboard for input. The screen was still on, but it only had some basic details.
On the screen a large logo of handcuffs was present. Below that looked to be some basic details. Perhaps the time and date up top. Below that were three lines of text—Likely ID card information—'Name', 'Job', 'Station'—But Bea could not make out the name from here. 'Job' looked like it did in fact read "Security Cadet" like what was said. 'Stationed' looked either the same or similar to hers and everyone else's IDs.
She leans away from Dai, staring at the piles of ash with her brows knitted. She falls deep into thought, her eyes occasionally flicking across the floor, to the chair, to the walls, and back to the ash. She has the idea to feel the ash, but discards that thought. She wouldn't know what to feel for and would just get her hands dirty along with a stern talking to for disturbing a crime scene. The four other people in the tunnels could be talking, but she wouldn't know, she's completely focused on the scene.
Beatrix Montgomery:
Suddenly she feels a hand on her shoulder gently shaking her. She jumps slightly. "Wha- Huh?" She whips her head towards Dai who shook her. Bea's face flushes slightly, clearly embarrassed about the situation.
Cargo Salvager Lady - Dai:
"You didn't hear us? We were talking things over. Lommy wanted to introduce herself over there," she says pointing to their female coworker.
Lommy waves hello awkwardly. Her hair is white, hopefully dyed, because she is quite young, and very curly and massy, as if she had been electrocuted recently. She has eyebags. Bea can't tell if it is because she simply looks tired, but she seems anxious. The other coworker is a blonde man about the same age and build as Sonny. They just seem to be in conversation with each other silently.
Metal footsteps come from outside the room, and in comes, what can only be assumed are two officers of the ship's law. One is in a brown trenchcoat and a matching fedora. The other is in a navy blue police uniform. Bizarrely enough, they are a lizardman, with reddish or pinkish scales. That one seems to be holding the cargo boss, QM Jakub Jones, in handcuffs.
Detective Jethro Bruno:
The detective’s hands were buried deep in his trenchcoat pockets. He raises a hand to say, "Alright, nobody move an inch. Everyone, quiet. You, Salvager Dyani. You called me, right?"
Cargo Coworker - Blonde Guy:
"Hey! What's the deal? Why's our boss in cuffs?"
Detective Jethro Bruno:
"I wasn't talking to you—kid," he turns to Dai again, "Again, you called me, right?" He plucks the PDA gently out of her hands, overlooks it, then passes it to his scaly co-officer who does the same. He paces back and forth, examining the scene.
Cargo Salvager - Dai:
"I did. We thought something suspicious happened here and it was best to call you."
Detective Jethro Bruno:
"And who found this first?"
Sonny Sunlight:
"We all did. As a group. They were showing me around and we stumbled in here by accident. Well, except Bea and Dai came in later. We were here first."
Detective Jethro Bruno:
"Hmm... So you guys found it first, yet, Dyani was the first to actually report it?" He looks everyone over real careful-like. Nobody looks too happy about the comment. "I'm just trying to get the facts straight. Not accusing anyone of anything—yet."
Cargo Coworker - Blonde Guy:
"Then why's our boss in handcuffs?"
QM Jakub Jones doesn't say a word. He's just quiet underneath his cowboy hat. The lizard officer holding him looks annoyed.
Detective Jethro Bruno:
The detective halts his pacing. "You talk an awful lot for someone who just stumbled onto a murder scene, Roland. How about you come with me to interrogation?”
Cargo Coworker - Lommy:
"We’re calling this a murder already?!?" she yells out shocked.
Detective Jethro Bruno:
”Calm down, Lommy. Look, now that I’m looking this whole group over, how about everyone comes with us? I see two people I don't recognize here. Five people total. I figure at least one of you has to have something interesting to tell me."
Cargo Coworker - Blonde Guy - "Roland":
"I'm not moving an inch until you tell me an answer."
Detective Jethro Bruno:
The detective audibly breathes through his teeth. When he does, Bea can smell the scent of alcohol and pineapples on his breath. "Your boss had an illegal gun on him. Well, actually, he still has it on him, on his hip here," he lifts up the QM's denim jacket to reveal a gun holster with what looks like a revolver in it, "Of course, he can't use it while he's cuffed. I would hope none of you have the same. If any of you do, it's best to tell us now."
Nobody says anything.
Detective Jethro Bruno:
"Now with that settled, it's best we go." The detective whips out his own PDA, a similar kind. He scans the airlock quickly, once scanning simply, and once scanning all over the door. "Don't make us fight you guys. Come along and we'll all have a talk at security."
Dai nods at Bea and the rest of the gang that they should follow. Roland, the blonde coworker, shakes his head no to Sonny, but Sonny seems to ignore and follows Dai and the detective. Roland caves and comes anyway.
Cargo Salvager - Dai:
Dai whispers into Bea's ears, "Jethro's usually a pretty nice guy. Just tell him the truth with whatever he asks," she puts her hands on her hips and sighs, "It's a long walk. Is there anything you want to know before we get there? Anything on your mind?"
To be Continued
The Spaceship
Bea's face twists with confusion, she turns to Dai, opening her mouth to speak but decides against it. She grips her chin with her free hand. 'Did someone burn to death here?' she thinks, she usually wouldn't jump to that conclusion, but with everything in front of her... And the tense feeling in the air.. She figures this must be the answer.
Bea leans over looking at the PDA in Dai's hand. She feels herself reach to take it from her hand, but quickly corrects herself and puts her arm back to her side. From where she is, she does her best to inspect the PDA. She has never seen one so far. It was a small rectangular device, with a large screen and a slide-out keyboard for input. The screen was still on, but it only had some basic details.
On the screen a large logo of handcuffs was present. Below that looked to be some basic details. Perhaps the time and date up top. Below that were three lines of text—Likely ID card information—'Name', 'Job', 'Station'—But Bea could not make out the name from here. 'Job' looked like it did in fact read "Security Cadet" like what was said. 'Stationed' looked either the same or similar to hers and everyone else's IDs.
She leans away from Dai, staring at the piles of ash with her brows knitted. She falls deep into thought, her eyes occasionally flicking across the floor, to the chair, to the walls, and back to the ash. She has the idea to feel the ash, but discards that thought. She wouldn't know what to feel for and would just get her hands dirty along with a stern talking to for disturbing a crime scene. The four other people in the tunnels could be talking, but she wouldn't know, she's completely focused on the scene.
Beatrix Montgomery:
Suddenly she feels a hand on her shoulder gently shaking her. She jumps slightly. "Wha- Huh?" She whips her head towards Dai who shook her. Bea's face flushes slightly, clearly embarrassed about the situation.
Cargo Salvager Lady - Dai:
"You didn't hear us? We were talking things over. Lommy wanted to introduce herself over there," she says pointing to their female coworker.
Lommy waves hello awkwardly. Her hair is white, hopefully dyed, because she is quite young, and very curly and massy, as if she had been electrocuted recently. She has eyebags. Bea can't tell if it is because she simply looks tired, but she seems anxious. The other coworker is a blonde man about the same age and build as Sonny. They just seem to be in conversation with each other silently.
Metal footsteps come from outside the room, and in comes, what can only be assumed are two officers of the ship's law. One is in a brown trenchcoat and a matching fedora. The other is in a navy blue police uniform. Bizarrely enough, they are a lizardman, with reddish or pinkish scales. That one seems to be holding the cargo boss, QM Jakub Jones, in handcuffs.
Detective Jethro Bruno:
The detective’s hands were buried deep in his trenchcoat pockets. He raises a hand to say, "Alright, nobody move an inch. Everyone, quiet. You, Salvager Dyani. You called me, right?"
Cargo Coworker - Blonde Guy:
"Hey! What's the deal? Why's our boss in cuffs?"
Detective Jethro Bruno:
"I wasn't talking to you—kid," he turns to Dai again, "Again, you called me, right?" He plucks the PDA gently out of her hands, overlooks it, then passes it to his scaly co-officer who does the same. He paces back and forth, examining the scene.
Cargo Salvager - Dai:
"I did. We thought something suspicious happened here and it was best to call you."
Detective Jethro Bruno:
"And who found this first?"
Sonny Sunlight:
"We all did. As a group. They were showing me around and we stumbled in here by accident. Well, except Bea and Dai came in later. We were here first."
Detective Jethro Bruno:
"Hmm... So you guys found it first, yet, Dyani was the first to actually report it?" He looks everyone over real careful-like. Nobody looks too happy about the comment. "I'm just trying to get the facts straight. Not accusing anyone of anything—yet."
Cargo Coworker - Blonde Guy:
"Then why's our boss in handcuffs?"
QM Jakub Jones doesn't say a word. He's just quiet underneath his cowboy hat. The lizard officer holding him looks annoyed.
Detective Jethro Bruno:
The detective halts his pacing. "You talk an awful lot for someone who just stumbled onto a murder scene, Roland. How about you come with me to interrogation?”
Cargo Coworker - Lommy:
"We’re calling this a murder already?!?" she yells out shocked.
Detective Jethro Bruno:
”Calm down, Lommy. Look, now that I’m looking this whole group over, how about everyone comes with us? I see two people I don't recognize here. Five people total. I figure at least one of you has to have something interesting to tell me."
Cargo Coworker - Blonde Guy - "Roland":
"I'm not moving an inch until you tell me an answer."
Detective Jethro Bruno:
The detective audibly breathes through his teeth. When he does, Bea can smell the scent of alcohol and pineapples on his breath. "Your boss had an illegal gun on him. Well, actually, he still has it on him, on his hip here," he lifts up the QM's denim jacket to reveal a gun holster with what looks like a revolver in it, "Of course, he can't use it while he's cuffed. I would hope none of you have the same. If any of you do, it's best to tell us now."
Nobody says anything.
Detective Jethro Bruno:
"Now with that settled, it's best we go." The detective whips out his own PDA, a similar kind. He scans the airlock quickly, once scanning simply, and once scanning all over the door. "Don't make us fight you guys. Come along and we'll all have a talk at security."
Dai nods at Bea and the rest of the gang that they should follow. Roland, the blonde coworker, shakes his head no to Sonny, but Sonny seems to ignore and follows Dai and the detective. Roland caves and comes anyway.
Cargo Salvager - Dai:
Dai whispers into Bea's ears, "Jethro's usually a pretty nice guy. Just tell him the truth with whatever he asks," she puts her hands on her hips and sighs, "It's a long walk. Is there anything you want to know before we get there? Anything on your mind?"
To be Continued
